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4 unusual facts about Frank Beaurepaire


1942 VFL season

On Sunday 12 July 1942, at the Punt Road Oval, a Combined Services Team, which included Percy Beames, Allan La Fontaine, Jack Mueller, Alby Pannam, and Norm Ware, played a match against a combined team of VFL players chosen by the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, former Olympic swimming champion Sir Frank Beaurepaire, which included Norm Smith, Jack Dyer, and Bob Chitty.

Beaurepaires

Beaurepaires is an Australian and New Zealand tyre retail and repair chain started in 1922 by Frank Beaurepaire a former Olympic swimmer for Australia and Australasia, with money he received for rescuing a shark attack victim from the water at Sydney.

Frank Beaurepaire

He was eliminated in the heats of the 400 m freestyle, but at the age of 34 to claimed bronze in the 1500 m freestyle, behind fellow Australian Boy Charlton and Sweden's Arne Borg.

Ian Beaurepaire

Beaurepaire was the son of Australian Olympic swimmer and prominent businessman, Sir Frank Beaurepaire.



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